Sensation Nigerian Singer, Adeleke David Professionally known as Davido has joined the likes of Wizkid, Burna Boy and Fireboy to denounce Afrobeat.
In 2023, Davido, had reckoned that he deserves his recent recognition by Forbes as “King of Afrobeats”.
According to him, the recognition didn’t come as a fluke as it has always been his dream to see the genre become mainstream in the Western world.
The OBO crooner claimed he was one of the first Afrobeats artists to get signed by a major international record label.
However, appearing on the latest edition of the Business Untitled Podcast, the ‘OBO’ crooner lamented the “boxing” of all African artists into the Afrobeats genre regardless of their musical styles.
He said, “The first place that accepted African music outside Africa is the UK before America later join. The UK termed African music Afrobeats.
“Afrobeat is a sound that was originally pioneered by Fela Kuti. But now all African songs are termed Afrobeats. If an African artiste sings pure R&B, sounding like SZA, Summerwalker, they put them under Afrobeats. If an African rapper rapping like Drake, they still put them under Afrobeats.
“I don’t get offend when we’ve been categorised as Afrobeats. I mean, we need a genre. It could be R&B or Afropop. I call my music Afrofusion but I’m not big on ‘O put Afrofusion on my song.’ I know how long it took for African music to become mainstream.”
